Lorazepam is a kind of benzodiazepine in terms of pharmacological class, It is also an anxiolytic drug in terms of the therapeutic class.It is mainly used to treat anxiety and insomnia for adults.Since anxiety and isomnia is getting more common nowadays, It is nesseary to be introduced to more people.In this article, you will know more about the clinical trial ,the pharmacology ,and the pharmacokinetics of Lorazepam.
Disscussion of a clinical trial for Lorazepam
Lorazepam has a good efficacy in treating patient with insomnia.According a clinical trial research conducted by Scharf & Jacoby(1982),Lorazepam was evaluated by testing 5 insomniac subjects in the sleep disorder clinic of the Pennsylvania State University Sleep Research and Treatment Center.They tested 5 subjects(patients) objectively such as measuring their wake time, sleep latency, No. of wakes and subjectively including sleep …show more content…
Lorazepam increases the frequency of the opening of the channal,enhancing membrane